Debunking some SEO myths -

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/results/article.php/3587096

We had talked some before about Google taking on PayPal - looks like they might.

http://google-blog.dirson.com/post.new/0382/

An interesting discussion on Link Baiting.

http://www.highrankings.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=20391

A nice article on trends -
http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/2006/02/a_new_research.html

Google has launched a web page creator -
http://pages.google.com/-/about.html

One note as usual is the case they have suspended new signups for the time being.

It seems Google visitors convert less... hmmm
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3189

An article that may give you some ideas on growing your list.
http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3192

Found something interesting today - UC Berkley is offering some free podcasts of their web design courses. Details can be found below.

Click Here

Another nice article talking about the Super Bowl and how some of the advertisers flubbed.

http://www.marketposition.com/blog/archives/2006/02/plan_ahead_and.html

A very interesting article especially if you use RSS to promote things

http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3188

If you have today off - enjoy it :o)

Here is a blog that has some useful info at times -

http://williecrawford.com/blog/

A nice contest - especially if you have a killer idea but not enough funds.

http://www.marketingexperiments.com/napkin1-010.asp

A collection of some informative blog articles.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3585561

A nice article on Local Search and Yahoo.

http://www.clickz.com/experts/search/local_search/article.php/3585521

Enjoy your Weekend!!

A nice small article on how long it takes to start seeing some results with a campaign.

http://www.btobonline.com/article.cms?articleId=27048

A nice article on some alternative payment methods.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/ecomm/3rd-world-ecomm.htm

Like it or not tax time is coming soon - you can get some advice or help at the official IRS site.

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/

If you are digging out of the snow this morning I feel for you :o) - we got no where near the amount folks up north got but we did get 6 or so inches.

If you like sports you may want to check out the following links.

Medal counts -
Click Here

Whats on TV
Click Here

Some interesting things on Email patents - note get this one quick because free access is limited.

http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3182

We talked some about the Super Bowl earlier this week - the following article talks some about it as well.

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3583516

Especially interesting are the before and after search data from Yahoo.

Before Super Bowl
After Super Bowl

If you had a product related to those featured in the Super Bowl Ads - I think you could have really racked up quite a bit.

May you soon have to pay for your emails you send - hopefully not but maybe... some details on that can be found at the link below.

http://www.wilsonweb.com/art/email/goodmail.htm

So what did you think about the Super Bowl ads - for someone paying 2 million + a commercial, I thought they were bland. Another thing I'm curious about is how they tracked their success (or lack of it). Like them or not I think Go Daddy did well on their spot basically forcing people to go to their site to see the end of the commercial. The Hummer ad did well by giving you a specific link to go to. The others not so well.

Interesting notes -

BMW gets knocked from Google for using redirects -
http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/2642

It seems Google has been testing GBuy a rival for Pay Pal.
Click Here

Some speculation on the "next big Google Update".
Click Here

Hope you enjoyed your weekend. If you watched the Superbowl over the weekend, what do you think advertisers should have done better? I'll share my thoughts tomorrow.

A good how I did it story -

Click Here

If you use Firefox you want to make sure that you have the latest version -

http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/

Some nice info on email marketing -

http://www.marketingsherpa.com/sample.cfm?contentID=3175

A nice article on technology trends for 2006

http://news.hosting.com/feb2006_trends.html

Google has a new tool bar - more details can be found here -

http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3581316